A Portuguese 18th century brass-mounted carved rosewood and ebonised single tester bed and canopy
37Y
A Portuguese 18th century brass-mounted carved rosewood and ebonised single tester bed and canopy
the spreading canopy with white silk cover and under-hanging lambrequins, each angle with a scrolling acanthus carving, on turned bulbous supports with brass rings, the headboard surmounted by a carved palmette flanked by scrolling floral branches and foliage, on cabriole legs joined by rectangular stretchers, 120cm wide, 208cm long, 244cm high (47" wide, 81.5" long, 96" high).
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,000 - 9,100

Footnotes

  • Formerly at the American Embassy in London, the property of diplomat David K.E Bruce (1898-1977) from whom purchased by the vendor in 1968.

    Purchased by David Bruce from the prominent anti-prohibtion campaigner Pauline Sabin (1887-1955) who later married the American tennis player and politician Dwight F. Davis (1879-1945) who is best known as the founder of the Davis Cup.

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